Generated on Sun, Oct 02, 2011
Date: April 13, 1956
Location: New York City
Label: ABC-Paramount
Whitey Mitchell (ldr), Steve Lacy (ss), Don Stratton (t), Tom Stewart (ah), Joe Puma (g), Whitey Mitchell (b), Gus Johnson, Osie Johnson (d)
| a. | 5199 | Young Lesley (Gordon 'Whitey' Mitchell) / arr: Neal Hefti
ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC-126 — Whitey Mitchell Sextette |
| b. | 5200 | Lover Man (Roger 'Ram' Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) / arr: Neal Hefti
ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC-126 — Whitey Mitchell Sextette |
| c. | 5201 | I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (Duke Ellington, Henry Nemo, John Redmond, Irving Mills) / arr: Neal Hefti
ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC-126 — Whitey Mitchell Sextette |
| d. | 5202 alt | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) / arr: Neal Hefti |
| e. | 5203 | You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) / arr: Neal Hefti
ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC-126 — Whitey Mitchell Sextette |
Gus Johnson (d) on c-e; Osie Johnson (d) on a-b.
Engineer: Irv Greenbaum
Date: April 23, 1956
Location: New York City
Label: ABC-Paramount
Whitey Mitchell (ldr), Steve Lacy (ss), Don Stratton (t), Tom Stewart (ah), Joe Puma (g), Whitey Mitchell (b), Osie Johnson (d)
| a. | 5204 | Once In A While (Michael Edwards, Bud Green) / arr: Neal Hefti |
| b. | 5205 | Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) / arr: Neal Hefti |
| c. | 5206 | Perdido (Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder) / arr: Neal Hefti |
| d. | 5202A | Strike Up The Band (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) / arr: Neal Hefti |
| e. | 5208 | Why Don't You Take Up The Piccolo? (Gordon 'Whitey' Mitchell) / arr: Neal Hefti |
| f. | 5209 | It Could Happen To You (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) / arr: Neal Hefti |
| All titles on: | ABC-Paramount LP 12": ABC-126 — Whitey Mitchell Sextette | |
Engineer: Irv Greenbaum
Date: October 6, 1958
Location: New York City
Label: MGM
Whitey Mitchell (ldr), Pepper Adams (bar), Blue Mitchell (t), Frank Rehak (tb), Red Mitchell (p, b), André Previn (p, con), Whitey Mitchell (b), Frankie Capp (d)
| a. | a-01 | Get Those Elephants Outa Here! - 3:58 (Keith 'Red' Mitchell) |
| b. | a-02 | My One And Only Love - 5:23 (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) / arr: Whitey Mitchell |
| c. | a-03 | In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - 4:22 (Bob Hilliard, Dave Mann) |
| d. | a-04 | Moten Swing - 4:20 (Benny Moten, Buster Moten) / arr: Whitey Mitchell |
| e. | b-01 | Monster Rally - 3:08 (Gordon 'Whitey' Mitchell) |
| f. | b-02 | Three Cheers - 7:15 (Keith 'Red' Mitchell) |
| g. | b-03 | Blues For Brian - 3:28 (Gordon 'Whitey' Mitchell) |
| h. | b-04 | Fraternity - 4:00 (Keith 'Red' Mitchell) |
| All titles on: | Metrojazz LP 12": E 1012 — Get Those Elephants Outa Here | |
Pepper Adams (bar) on a-b, d-g; Blue Mitchell (t) on a-b, d-g; Frank Rehak (tb) on a-b, d-e, g; Red Mitchell (p) on c-d, f, h; (b) on a-b, e, g-h; André Previn (p) on a-b, g; (con) on b; Frankie Capp (d) on a-g.
According to Ruppli & Novitsky, matrix numbers 58-XY-1041 through 1049 were assigned, but order is unknown. But since there are only eight selections on the issued LP, it is possible that one additional selection remains unissued.